Chinese player Na Li has advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Open after a comprehensive win over Agnieszka Radwanska.
Radwanska was on a 13 match winning streak, but Li put that to an end after a 7-5 6-3 win in Melbourne Park.
In a match featuring 10 breaks of serve, the sixth seed won an unpredictable first set lasting 66 minutes and claimed five games in a row from 0-2 down to take charge of the second.
The Chinese player broke Radwanska's service in the sixth game of the second set without losing a point and fended off two break points when serving for the match to prevail in one hour and 42 minutes.
The world number six, formerly coached by her husband Jiang Shan, praised the input of her new coach Carlos Rodriguez. "I think it was pretty good for me and my husband. It is much easier for our life. We don't have to shout at each other on the court and also off the court," she joked.
"I really don't know what it is here," the sixth seed added. "It seems whenever I come down here my results are always quite consistent, no big setbacks or anything.
"I'm not sure whether it's the winter training but it does seem like I'm just better at this tournament."
Li, who lost the 2011 final to Kim Clijsters, will face Maria Sharapova in the last four.
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